The Concept of Concept Albums in Music--Where They Started and Why They May Not Be Seen Again in the Mainstream
Concept Albums Fall Under Various Formats. But They're Seldom Used in the Pop/Rock Arena Today--Seemingly Because They Take More Effort by the Listener to Appreciate the Structure
If you asked most teenagers today what a concept album is in the pop music world--most of them probably wouldn't even know what you're talking about. Most pop albums done in the last twenty-five years have songs on them that don't really relate to one another no thanks to a heightenedFor those rare ones in the outside music circles who still attempt to make concept albums (mostly in the Modern Rock categories today influenced by Pink Floyd's old album concepts)--even they probably have no idea where the concept album started. It likely wouldn't shock you to know that it started in the jazz world that was considered pop music in the 1930's. Those with more limited knowledge of music history would maybe utter "That's easy...it was Frank Sinatra" as the inventor of the concept album. Well, they'd almost be right--but be off by about 15 years and find out it started with a female jazz singer...
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